Derek Winnert

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The Fourth Man [De vierde man] **** (1983, Jeroen Krabbé, Renée Soutendijk, Thom Hoffman) – Classic Movie Review 11,145

Director Paul Verhoeven’s 1983 Dutch film The Fourth Man [De Vierde Man] stars Jeroen Krabbé as Gerard Reve, a bisexual writer who goes on a lecture tour and tries to uncover the secrets of sexy […]

Apr, 28

The Love Ban * (1973, Hywel Bennett, Nanette Newman, Milo O’Shea, Angharad Rees, Nicky Henson) – Classic Movie Review 11,100

Director Ralph Thomas’s desperate 1973 British film It’s a 2’6’ above the Ground World [The Love Ban] is a mucky, horribly dated Seventies British comedy, with lots of swearing and back then supposedly ‘daring’ gags, […]

Apr, 15

The Heart of the Matter *** (1953, Trevor Howard, Elizabeth Allan, Maria Schell) – Classic Movie Review 10,196

The 1953 British drama The Heart of the Matter is an interesting film of one of Graham Greene’s best novels. Trevor Howard is effective as the unhappily married British security policeman who has a guilty […]

Aug, 19

Galileo *** (1975, Topol, Edward Fox, Tom Conti, Colin Blakely, John Gielgud, Margaret Leighton, Patrick Magee, John McEnery) – Classic Movie Review 10,078

Topol is an unexpected choice as the 17th-century Italian scientist Galileo Galilei, but, in an intense, dignified star turn, he earns his inclusion in Joseph Losey’s 1975 historical biographical drama film Galileo.  Thanks to the […]

Jul, 23

The Devil’s Playground **** (1976, Arthur Dignam, Nick Tate, Simon Burke, Charles McCallum, John Frawley) – Classic Movie Review 9306

Writer-director Fred Schepisi’s impressive 1976 feature début The Devil’s Playground is an autobiographical account of his repressed schooldays in a 50s Catholic seminary preparing boys for the priesthood. The film examines the clash between the […]

Jan, 27

Trouble Along the Way *** (1953, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Charles Coburn) – Classic Movie Review 9222

After four bit parts in films, James Dean has a fifth and final unbilled role as a Football Spectator in Michael Curtiz’s sentimental 1953 tear-jerking family drama film Trouble Along the Way. Director Michael Curtiz’s […]

Jan, 04

Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows! ** (1968, Rosalind Russell, Stella Stevens, Binnie Barnes, Mary Wickes) – Classic Movie Review 9,173

Rosalind Russell stars again as the Mother Superior in the 1968 comedy sequel film Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows! Stella Stevens co-stars as a young nun who sympathises with the rebellious convent students. And where […]

Dec, 19

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